Stay at home date ideas
Surely, this ECQ is making you miss your significant other more than usual. If you're growing tired of your typical FaceTime or Zoom dates, here are a couple ideas to keep the flame alive! Check it out:
1. Virtual Disneyland date
If you’ve had to postpone your trip to Disneyland this period, we feel you. Luckily for us, Disneyland VIRTUAL versions of their rides for you to experience the Disney magic while you’re at home.
If you’re lucky enough to stay with your significant other, build a fort at home complete with fairy lights and play your favourite Disney movies to complete the magical day!
2. Go on a virtual holiday
Missed out on your chance to climb the Great Wall of China? Fortunately, TheChinaGuide offers a virtual tour of the landmark’s main sections including Badaling, Mutianyu, Jinshanling, Juyongguan, Gubeikou and Jiankou for you to discover.
If you miss strolling through the galleries with bae by your side, you now can go on a virtual museum date! No more trying to peer over shoulders to see the art pieces, the virtual galleries mean you have the whole space to yourself!
3. Watch live streams of animals together
Many zoos and aquariums have closed, but that doesn’t mean you have to wait weeks to see cute penguins, pandas and otters again. Here’s a whole string of live streams that will melt bae’s heart.
4. Work out together
They say that couples that sweat together stay together. Get your post-quarantine beach body with bae through virtual workouts together! Studios like Yoga Plus, Electric Studio and Barre 3 are offering FREE workouts online for you to get fit. When bae is watching, you’ll be extra motivated to do as many reps as possible.
5.Play online games
Nothing like a bit of friendly competition to spice up your relationship! There are plenty of free online games that let you play against each other, or versus your friends. Even without fancy consoles like the Nintendo Switch, all you’ll need is a working internet connection and your phone.
6. Watch a movie on Netflix Party
Thank god for Netflix, keeping us entertained at home on weekends. With apps and extensions like Netflix Party, you can watch the shows and movies together with your partner and share comments throughout.
You can even set recurring date invites with Netflix drama series instead of a 1-time movie.
7.Virtual dinner dates
Just because you can’t go out for dinner dates doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy good food together! Pay dinner roulette and order dinner for each other for a nice surprise. With many dining outlets that don’t usually deliver now offering island-wide delivery, this is definitely a romantic gesture bae will appreciate.
Check out our compiled list of chains and restaurants that do delivery below!
8.Cook or bake together!
If you two prefer something more productive, pick up your aprons and get cooking. Share a recipe and cook up a storm and once you're done show each other your final results - perfect for those foodie couples!
9.Belt out your favourite tunes
With so many free Karaoke apps, you can still belt our your favourite tunes with bae! If you’re the type of couple that spends date nights singing your hearts out at the Karaoke, you can still do so now!
Whether you prefer channelling your inner Taylor Swift or Chris Brown, bae will be in for a personal concert treat.
